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Hamilton police take action against hate and antisemitism

Hamilton's new Hate Crime Case Review Team will bring community agencies together with police to review cases, provide recommendations on handling hate and advise on training for officers on the front lines.

Hamilton puts in place new anti-hate strategy

Swastikas and Confederate flags are to be banned from public property in Hamilton under a hate anti-hate strategy unanimously approved by a city committee.

Palestinian flag posted at neighbourhood Starbucks

Starbucks customers at the company’s York Boulevard store were treated to a call for Palestinian solidarity along with their Frappuccino and pricey coffees Saturday.

Hamilton rabbis express horror at killing of Muslim family in London

June 11, 2021
Steve Arnold


Hamilton’s rabbis have joined the national chorus of shock and horror at the killing of a Muslim family in London.

In a letter of solidarity issued this week six religious leaders and the chief executive of the Hamilton Jewish Federation said the entire commun…

Hamilton rabbis issue statement of solidarity with Indigenous community

June 7, 2021
Steve Arnold
 

Hamilton’s rabbis have joined a nation-wide shudder of revulsion at the discovery of the bodies of 215 Native children at a former residential school site in British Columbia.

In a joint solidarity statement released recently, the pulpit rabbis called on aut…